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Special responsibilities : global problems and American power / Mlada Bukovansky, Ian Clark, Robyn Eckersley, Richard Price, Christian Reus-Smit, Nicholas J. Wheeler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bukovansky, Mlada, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.
- International relations.
- Responsibility--Political aspects.
- Responsibility.
- United States--Foreign relations--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 290 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- "The language of special responsibilities is ubiquitous in world politics, with policymakers and commentators alike speaking and acting as though particular states have, or ought to have, unique obligations in managing global problems. Surprisingly, scholars are yet to provide any in-depth analysis of this fascinating aspect of world politics. This path-breaking study examines the nature of special responsibilities, the complex politics that surround them and how they condition international social power. The argument is illustrated with detailed case-studies of nuclear proliferation, climate change and global finance. All three problems have been addressed by an allocation of special responsibilities, but while this has structured politics in these areas, it has also been the subject of ongoing contestation. With a focus on the United States, this book argues that power must be understood as a social phenomenon and that American power varies significantly across security, economic and environmental domains"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Theoretical framework
- A practice in search of a theory
- Special responsibilities in world politics
- Part II. Three global problems
- Nuclear proliferation
- Climate change
- Global finance
- Part III. Ethical dimensions
- The ethics of special responsibilities
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107021358
- 1107021359
- 9781107691698
- 1107691699
- OCLC:
- 779244885
- Online:
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